The ARIN free pool runs on empty, RIPE officially opens the European region to interRIR transfers, and IPv6 continues its upward trend but still only predicted to account for 34% of global IP traffic by 2019.

The North American IPv4 free pool nears total depletion, ARIN activates its waitlist, a needs based standard is proposed for 8.3 transfers, and IPv6 continues to reach new heights in the U.S. while maintaining persistent lows elsewhere in North America.